älkää

See also: alkaa

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈælkæː/, [ˈælkæː]
  • Hyphenation: äl‧kää

Verb

älkää

  1. The second-person plural form of the negation verb in imperative, do not/don’t (addressing many persons or politely one person).
    • Juoskaa! (“Run!”) → Älkää juosko! (“Do not run!”)

Usage notes
  • Älkää is used with a connegative form of the main verb, ending with -ko/-kö, identical to the form used with third-person singular, first-person plural and second-person plural.

Conjugation
  • The negation verb has no infinitive form.
  • Indicative, conditional and potential moods use the indicative forms (stem e-), for which the verb is conjugated only in person.
  • In the imperative mood the negation verb has the stem äl-.
  • An archaic optative mood exists and is used mainly in poetry.
personindicative moodimperative moodoptative mood
1st sing.en(älkääni, älkäämi)(ällön)
2nd sing.etälä(ällös)
3rd sing.eiälköön(älköön)
1st plur.emmeälkäämme(älköömme)
2nd plur.etteälkää(älköötte)
3rd plur.eivätälkööt(älkööt)

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